Author: Alexander Woollcott

Quotes

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

- Alexander Woollcott

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

- Alexander Woollcott

Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.

Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.

- Alexander Woollcott

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

- Alexander Woollcott

At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.

At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.

- Alexander Woollcott

It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!

It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!

- Alexander Woollcott

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